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August 8, 2010

Bangkok: Pregnant Woman Aids in Arrest of Armed Car Thieves

A woman nine months pregnant, was rewarded with 10,000 baht after assisting police officers in catching a car thief in Bangkok. Bangkok, 6th August 2010: The Khao Sod Thai newspaper reported that police Major General Kreerin Inkaew (Metropolitan Police 9 Commander), police Colonel Sunthorn Torod (Luksong Police Station Superintendent), police Lieutenant Colonel Yutthaphong Intharaphong (Luksong […]

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Bangkok

August 7, 2010May 18, 2013

‘Yellow Shirt’ protesters cheer Thai PM

Thailand’s Prime Minister addressed “Yellow Shirt” protesters Saturday at a rally held in defiance of emergency rules banning political gatherings. Police said around 2,500 demonstrators — many wearing yellow and waving national flags — gathered at a sports stadium in Bangkok, after protesters agreed a change in venue to avoid confrontation with the authorities. Crowds […]

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Bangkok

August 7, 2010August 7, 2010

Thai right-wing group demonstrates in capital

About 1,500 members of a right-wing group ignored a state of emergency by demonstrating in the Thai capital Saturday, but heeded a government warning not to rally outside the prime minister’s office, police said. The number of people participating in the protest at a sports stadium against government policy on a territorial dispute with Cambodia […]

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Bangkok

August 6, 2010

Bangkok on alert after car-bomb warning

Authorities in Bangkok are tightening security after a number of warnings about possible bombings this month. The government has warned residents to expect further random attacks. The government says it has specific information that car bombs could be used and has named areas in the city that could be targeted. Royal and government buildings, the […]

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Bangkok

August 6, 2010

Two Malaysians arrested for allegedly shopping with fake credit cards

Two Malaysian men have been arrested for having allegedly used fake credit cards to shop at the Suvarnabhumi International Airport. Tourist Police Commander Pol Maj Gen Adisorn Ngarmjitsuksri told a press conference that Wong Choo weng and Mok Choy were arrested Thursday evening after they allegedly used fake credit cards to buy goods from shops […]

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Bangkok

August 3, 2010November 3, 2012

Four Iranians arrested in separate “ice” smuggling cases

BANGKOK, Aug 3 – Four Iranian men in their twenties were arrested at Suvarnabhumi Airport in separate crystal methamphetamine smuggling cases involving a total weight of 1.7 kilogrammes of the drug, valued at Bt6 million (some US$180,000), Customs Department Director-General Somchai Sajjapong told a press briefing on Tuesday. On Tuesday the drug was found in […]

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Bangkok

August 3, 2010

Bangkok: Explosion-like sound heard near PM’s house

An explosion-like sound was heard at the front of the soi, where the prime minister’s house is located, early Tuesday, his birthday anniversary. The explosion was heard at 5.30 am at the front of Soi Sukhumvit 31. The chief of the security officers for Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva rushed to inspect the scene and coordinated […]

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Bangkok

August 1, 2010November 3, 2012

Bangkok: Aides of late Maj-Gen Khattiya as suspects in Big C bombing

BANGKOK, August 1 – Police revealed photographs of several men suspected of involvement in the bombing at a bus stop at Big C department store in Ratchadamri Road last Sunday evening saying they are close aides of the late Red Shirt military strategist army Maj-Gen Khattiya Sawasdipol. The suspects are believed to be linked to […]

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